OUTDOORS BY THE NUMBERS...ALABAMA

[O2BESOHUGE]

Tweet1.6 million: Estimated number of deer in Alabama.

300,000: The number of deer hunters who likely took to the woods on Saturday.

535,000: The number of deer expected to be taken by hunters in the 2005-06 season.

214: The number of deer that each hunter in Alabama may legally take this season (in most counties).

$799 million: The amount spent by Alabama hunters in 2004 on hunting pursuits. Sources: Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

[daved150]

TweetI'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE FOR MICHIGAN....

[O2BESOHUGE]

TweetDAVE.....

Deer in Michigan have been significantly effected by the settlement of people in the state. This effect can be seen by studying the deer population changes over time. The deer herd was stable in southern Michigan when settlers arrived in the 1850's, and increased shortly after that due to the source of food supplies by new farms. However, with deforestation and the high demand for deer hides and meat, the population decreased rapidly and virtually became nonexistent. While the deer population decreased in southern Michigan, it increased in northern Michigan. This increase was due to a greater food supply being available because of logging. However, the pressures that decreased the southern Michigan deer population also did so in northern Michigan. By the turn of the century, there may have been only 50,000 deer remaining in Michigan.

With the sudden decrease in the deer herd, Michigan enacted regulations requiring deer bag limits and licenses. Forest fire control programs were also used to help manage deer habitat. By 1950, the northern deer population reached a point where the habitat could not support the population, and approximately 50,000 deer were lost to starvation in winters. By 1972, the population had rebounded to 85,000 deer in southern Michigan. Public awareness, management, and compliance with game laws contributed to deer population increases.

Since the 1950's, management practices and an increased ecological awareness of how the deer population is influenced by environmental changes have required use of sound management practices to maintain a stable, healthy deer herd. The deer herd in Michigan is an important natural resource. It is in the public's interest to maintain it at a level that provides quality recreation, yet does not result in unacceptable ecological damage.

[daved150]

TweetWOW BRO...NOT THE INFO YOU HEAR UP HERE AT ALL!!! NOT EVEN CLOSE (THATS WHY WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE NUMBERS). I REMEMBER HEARING THAT INFO WHEN I WAS 5 OR 6, BUT HAVE SINCE HEARED, AS WELL AS SEEN, THE POPULATION HAS WENT OUT OF CONTROLL. THE LIMITS HAVE BEEN RAISED AND DOE PERMITS ARENT LIKE HITTING THE LOTTERY ANYMORE....I THINK YOU GOT AHOLD OF SOME VERY OLD INFO BRO.

[O2BESOHUGE]

TweetMAY HAVE...SORRY DAVE...SEE IF YOU CAN FIND SOME FOR YOU GUYS UP THERE.
MAN I SEE 12-15 DEER EVERY NIGHT AS I GO HOME FROM WORK

O2

[FUZO]

TweetTHE ONLY DEER I SEE AROUND HERE ARE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. DEAD

[daved150]

Tweethttps://espn.go.com/outdoors/hunting/...cast05_MI.html
CHECK THAT OUT IF YOU GOT A MINUTE. IT WAS THE BEST I COULD FIND...
I KNOW I SEE THEM EVERYWHERE

[Testify]

Tweet214 deer for each hunter!?!?!? In Ohio you are limited to 2 I think - I have to check with my father-in-law. He's gonna want to move to 'Bama!

[TRAM]

Tweet^ YA WHAT THE HELL 214 DEER PER PERSON THATS A TYPE-O FOR SURE, IN MICHIGAN WE CAN OBTAIN A COMBINATION LICIENSE WHERE WE CAN SHOOT 2 BUCKS, AND DOE PERMITS ARE WEIRD UP HERE IN U.P. ONE PERMIT A DAY FOR LAND OWNERS OUT OF CITY LIMITS UNTIL QUOTA IS MET AND REISDENTS SIGN UP FOR A LOTTERY AND MAY OR MAY NOT RECIEVE ONE. NUMBERS OF DEER HERE ARE WAY DOWN BUT YOU WILL SEE BIGGER BUCKS WHICH I CAN VOUCH FOR. AT MY CAMP THIS YEAR WE SHOT A FORK HORN, SIX, AND 2 MONSTER 8's SO FAR, THERE IS 2 WEEKS OF MUZZLE LOADING STARTING THIS WEEKEND AND BOW SEASON I BELIEVE UP TO DEC. 31st. THIS HAS BEEN AN ALL TIME LOW FOR ME SEEING DEER IN NUMBERS WHICH REALLY SUCKS THATS ALRIGHT THOUGH I KNOW WERE THEIR AT NOW NEXT WEEK I WILL BE TELLING YOU HOW BIG THE BUCK I SHOT WAS!

[TestRip7]

Tweeto2, Im coming to hunt by your house.........Find me a good tree

At the deer processor I work at in my spare time we have gotten 75 deer in the walk in cooler in 5 days. I cleaned 12 just last night and more have come in since.

[T-Man007]

TweetI like to hunt for deer with my Rambo knife. I either sneak up behind it, Navy Seal style, and slit it's throat. Or, I will wait until in comes under my tree and jump down righ on top of it. Yeah, I'm that good.













Ok, so I don't hunt. LOL

[daved150]

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I like to hunt for deer with my Rambo knife. I either sneak up behind it, Navy Seal style, and slit it's throat. Or, I will wait until in comes under my tree and jump down righ on top of it. Yeah, I'm that good.
Ok, so I don't hunt. LOL

YOU AINT GONNA BELIEVE THIS...BUT, WHEN I WAS YOUNG (10-11) ME AND A BUDDY WAS OUT RIDING A HORSE...HE WAS ON THE BACK, AND WE WERE GOING THROUGH A FIELD AND SPOTTED A DEER. WELL, THIS FIELD WAS BY I-75 SO THERE WAS A FENCE TO STOP THE DEER FROM GOING OUT ONTO THE HIGH WAY...I TOLD ME BUDDY THAT I'LL RUN THE HORSE UP NEXT TO THE DEER AND YOU JUMP OFF AND STAB HIM WITH YOUR BOOT KNIFE....I STARTED RUNNING THE HORSE TOWARDS THE DEER, MY BOY GRISSLY HAD HIS KNIFE OUT, AND THE DEER STARTED RUNNING FOR THE WOODS..WE GOT ABOUT 5' FROM THE DEER (WAS PROBOBLY FARTHER, BUT TO US, WE WAS RIGHT UP ON IT) AND THE DEER SPINS ON A DIME RIGHT WHEN MY BOY JUMPS, WITCH LOOKING BACK, THERE WAS NO FRIGGIN WAY WE WAS CLOSE ENOUGH...LOL...HE MUST HAVE ROLLED AND FLIPPED FOR 50'!!!LOL WE DIDNT TRY THAT AGAIN...EVER .HAHA

[dot1]

TweetO2, what part of Alabama are you in? I live on the coast but in-laws have a farm near Montgomery. My brother-in-law usually gets 8-10 deer a year. I prefer bird hunting, not into sitting in a deer stand!

[Evil Ryu]

TweetWhats the point of killing deer with a rifle 1000 meters away when it can't even defend itself? I don't see the fun in that.

[Merc]

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Whats the point of killing deer with a rifle 1000 meters away when it can't even defend itself? I don't see the fun in that.

Its the only way O2 can get some tail LOL